Welcome to the land of the 1%. Where you’ll find lawyers, and doctors, and business executives. And while they aren’t made of ticky-tacky, they are definitely made of money.
These are the wealthiest neighborhoods that Portland has to offer. Where houses go for over 4.16x the national median and household incomes are 3.14x the national median.
But where exactly in Portland do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Southwest Hills where the median income is a cool $172,903.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Portland out of 63 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Portland For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Portland for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Southwest Hills looks to be the richest Portland neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $1,326,257. And that, my friend, is more 0s than most of us will see in our bank account for a long, long time — if we ever get that lucky.
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Richst Neighborhoods In Portland For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southwest Hills | $172,903 |
| 2 | Alameda | $165,672 |
| 3 | Eastmoreland | $157,265 |
| 4 | Forest Park | $138,185 |
| 5 | Hillsdale | $126,414 |
| 6 | Irvington | $117,538 |
| 7 | Bridlemile | $117,312 |
| 8 | Linnton | $115,628 |
| 9 | Sunderland | $111,891 |
| 10 | Homestead | $103,449 |
| 11 | Pearl District | $102,361 |
| 12 | Arbor Lodge | $101,657 |
| 13 | Hayhurst | $100,939 |
| 14 | Ross Island | $100,139 |
| 15 | Concordia | $98,964 |
| 16 | Richmond | $97,974 |
| 17 | Overlook | $94,750 |
| 18 | Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair Hill | $93,468 |
| 19 | Roseway | $92,378 |
| 20 | Woodstock | $91,722 |
| 21 | Pleasant Valley | $89,568 |
| 22 | University Park | $88,197 |
| 23 | Woodlawn | $86,659 |
| 24 | Mount Tabor | $86,375 |
| 25 | Sellwood-Moreland | $82,661 |
| 26 | Reed | $82,106 |
| 27 | King | $80,066 |
| 28 | Maplewood-Ashcreek | $79,174 |
| 29 | Center | $78,398 |
| 30 | Brooklyn | $78,382 |
| 31 | Boise | $78,122 |
| 32 | South Tabor | $77,546 |
| 33 | Mount Scott | $77,163 |
| 34 | Kenton | $76,704 |
| 35 | Cathedral Park | $76,628 |
| 36 | Northwest | $76,223 |
| 37 | Argay | $75,251 |
| 38 | Wilkes | $73,738 |
| 39 | Bridgeton | $73,450 |
| 40 | Hosford | $71,902 |
| 41 | Lents | $70,070 |
| 42 | Creston-Kenilworth | $68,844 |
| 43 | Cully | $68,454 |
| 44 | Brentwood-Darlington | $67,974 |
| 45 | Far Southwest | $67,612 |
| 46 | Government Island | $67,280 |
| 47 | Eliot | $66,836 |
| 48 | Madison South | $66,078 |
| 49 | Buckman | $65,544 |
| 50 | Montavilla | $65,253 |
| 51 | Lloyd | $62,631 |
| 52 | Haden Island | $60,522 |
| 53 | Saintjohns | $60,428 |
| 54 | Mill Park | $58,057 |
| 55 | Parkrose | $58,037 |
| 56 | Foster Powell | $54,018 |
| 57 | Hazelwood | $53,042 |
| 58 | Centennial | $51,060 |
| 59 | Kerns | $50,693 |
| 60 | Downtown | $49,632 |
| 61 | Portsmith | $46,666 |
| 62 | Powellhurst | $40,114 |
| 63 | Old Town-Chinatown | $20,650 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Portland For 2024
Every city has its best neighborhoods — where everyone wants to live — and the worst neighborhoods — where no one wants to live. And then you have the wealthiest neighborhoods, where no one can afford to live.
And by no one, we mean you because there’s always someone richer than you.
How do you quantify richer than you? We looked at one simple criterion:
Which neighborhoods have the highest median income?
Using Saturday Night Science, we researched income data from the Census and BLS for every neighborhood in Portland.
We ranked every neighborhood in Portland by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Southwest Hills, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Portland.
The richest neighborhoods in Portland are Southwest Hills, Alameda, Eastmoreland, Forest Park, Hillsdale, Irvington, Bridlemile, Linnton, Sunderland, and Homestead.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Old Town-Chinatown.
The poorest neighborhoods in Portland are Old Town-Chinatown, Powellhurst, Portsmith, Downtown, and Kerns.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Portland.
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